is a former

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ese

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player and manager.

Playing career

Shimojo was born in

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

on May 10, 1954. After graduating from

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, he played for

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from 1978 to 1984.

Coaching career

After retirement, Shimojo became a coach at

(later ''Yokohama Marinos'', ''Yokohama F. Marinos''). In 1992, he became a manager for

Nissan FC Ladies was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It was founded in 1989 but disbanded five years later in 1994. Honors Domestic competitions * Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament **Champi ...

. In 1995, he became a coach for

Yokohama Flügels was a Japanese football club that played in the J.League between 1993 and 1998. The club was an original member ("Original Ten") of the J.League in 1993. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two te ...

. In 1996, he returned to

Yokohama Marinos is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Having won the J-League title four times and ...

. He served as a coach and a team director until 2006. He also managed in 2001 and 2002.

Managerial statistics

J.League Data Site
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References

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1954 births Living people Waseda University alumni Association football people from Nagano Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Japanese football managers J1 League managers Yokohama F. Marinos managers Men's association football defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1950s-stub